#77: Podcast for Peds - Installment #3 [38:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (923)

Publication Date: July 6th, 2007.

Installment #3 of Podcast for Peds: Issues related to problems of the developing nervous system, and the young folks who have them. Focus: Autism.

• Online Autism Registry Offers Research Portal: The Interactive Autism Network already has 6000 registered autistic children. This project is analogous to when researchers banded together to successfully fight childhood leukemias!
• Familial Versus Sporadic Autism: DNA microarray technology has revealed that the majority of cases of autism spectrum disorders likely result from de novo genetic mutations after conception. An important question to be answered is: What factor or factors are causing the gene mutations? Mercury from the thimerisol preservative in vaccines is in the ‘lineup’ up suspects.

And last but not least: the alkaloid theobromine in chocolate may be superior to fluoride for preventing tooth decay (for ‘kids of all ages’).

Next week’s show: 5th installment of Ideology for Neurology-working toward neurological perfection. Hear news about last month’s stem cell victory in California; also how palliative care medicine is cost-effective medicine; and more.

Weblinks:

• Interactive Autism Network: www.ianproject.org.
• Lyme-Autism speculation: http://autism.about.com/b/a/257714.htm
• Book information: Healing The New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma And Allergies by Kenneth Bock, MD - http://www.amazon.com/Healing-New-Childhood-Epidemics-Groundbreaking/dp/0345494504
• Mercury and DNA damage — potential for gene mutations from mercury: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16655361